Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 374 Covering the Main Channel

"Notify the reconnaissance team and continue to launch the drone."

"Yes."

An officer got up and left the underground command post to contact about continuing the reconnaissance.

Yu Zhendong's rocket artillery unit is different from ordinary artillery in that it is very good at using unmanned aerial vehicles to conduct reconnaissance and guide precise strikes. Unmanned aerial vehicles have advantages that ground observation does not have.Although he is not rich enough to have several drones on standby in the air at any time for continuous reconnaissance, but in an emergency, he can use rocket launchers to launch drones directly to a war zone hundreds of kilometers away.

"You have also observed their activities in the port. Can our rockets hit the loading and unloading area accurately without hurting the nearby civilians?" Yu Zhendong asked the surrounding officers.

"I think, if the meteorological reconnaissance is effective, there is still a lot of confidence." Someone responded.

"How confident are you?"

"Forty to five percent!"

Lieutenant Colonel Ali, the chief officer of Pakistan sitting on the side, could no longer listen to it. Although he had already handed over the A100 troops to Yu Zhendong (in charge of some communication and coordination matters), Yu Zhendong's thoughts were still Scared him.

"Colonel, I object." Ali shouted, "The port is only 100 meters away from the nearest refugee camp. The Indians did not drive these people away, apparently to use the refugees as shields. If a round of ammunition fell on the refugee area, the result would be What will happen? They will make a big fuss, the political loss is immeasurable, you know that some tribes in this area have rebelled, and more people are preparing to rebel, we made such a mistake..."

"You can fire a few rounds first and check the landing point. I think the refugees will naturally flee there when they see it, and the follow-up shooting will be more sure." Corresponding strategies in .

"Hehe, you are still avoiding the essence. I can't agree with this view," Yu Zhendong said, "Even if only one shot is fired, the probability of the weapon's hit will not change. War is a duel between soldiers, and it must not hurt Civilians." He had to fully consider Ali's opinion, and it was really difficult to cover an area of ​​less than two square kilometers with a weapon with intensive firepower like a rocket launcher without hurting innocent people.

"Then we can only do it when they go out of the city to assemble?"

"Comrade, the enemy is within range? And our troops may be attacked at any time."

For artillery, if the target enters the range and cannot shoot immediately, it will inevitably lead to passiveness.

"Or, we can only sacrifice the hit rate?" Another staff officer reminded.

"Yeah, that's a good idea; we're going to push the fire coverage a little farther south to avoid hitting civilians."

"Colonel, so most of our firepower falls into the sea?" Ali said.

"Hehe, don't just focus on the loading and unloading area of ​​the port, we should focus on their ships," Yu Zhendong conveniently pulled a 1:10000 port plan from the side, and all the labels on the map are in Chinese, "Look , the front of this port is very narrow, the water depth is only 25 to 28 meters, and the two-way channel; the accuracy of the port surveying and mapping in our hands should exceed what the Indian intelligence agency can obtain. They don't know where they are, and they are eager to unload, and they will inevitably be crowded in this area ,” he drew a red circle on the paper, “as long as a large ship weighing more than 10000 tons sinks on the main channel of the port, it can greatly damage the throughput capacity of the port.”

"Using rocket launchers to hit ships?" Everyone was scratching their heads. Most of the participants were from the artillery units of the China-Pakistan Group Army. They had never had such a concept, and another problem was that the troops did not have targeted ammunition.

"As long as the intelligence is accurate and the launch is timely, nothing is impossible. They gather in a group in the port, which is much slower than a group of tanks in motion."

"Ammo problem..."

"A mixture of high-explosive and incendiary rounds is used, and the second shot is adjusted as appropriate."

"Do you want to inform Chief of Staff Lin to discuss this matter?"

"He knows nothing, why did you invite him here? That's all." Yu Zhendong said with a wave of his hand.

Lin Huaisheng has been walking up and down the empty airport, anxiously waiting for the surrounding clearing battle to end, nearby explosions have continued, and shrapnel flying horizontally fell on the airport from time to time, but he refused to hide in the armored vehicle, also Don't let the guards and the communication personnel with the radio on their backs follow, it will be easier to be targeted by snipers.

Originally, the airport had been controlled by his troops, but among the guerrilla weapons seized were sniper weapons and American-made Stinger missiles.These circumstances really made him suspicious. It seemed that the opponent would use targeted weapons only after they smelled something. Moreover, the enemy destroyed the navigation equipment as soon as they occupied the airport.In previous battles, Lin Huaisheng has never discovered that the Indian army has attacked personal targets, and India's battlefield intelligence capabilities are not enough to support such precise operations. Even the missile attack at Quetta Airport was only aimed at The measured radio-intensive areas are still relatively blind attacks.

At this moment, several helicopters in Quetta are already on standby, but due to the situation at Turbad Airport, they have not been allowed to take off.A JJ[-] from Shamsi landed smoothly, but it was here to pick up Colonel Sammy; Sammy ignored Stingers and snipers at all and was preparing to take off.

Lin Huaisheng strolled towards the plane, wanting to say goodbye to the old man.In fact, he was also a little guilty. He agreed to Sami's launch, and he also intended to detect the anti-aircraft firepower of the nearby mountains. Those lurking missiles did not emit radio signals. If they did not fire, it would be difficult to find them.

At this moment, Sami was wearing anti-G suit and preparing to board the plane. The Pakistani pilot who landed on the plane was only about 18 or 9 years old, and the colonel had already pushed him to the back seat.

"Colonel, let's say goodbye. I don't know when we will see each other again?" Lin Huaisheng took the initiative to extend his hand.

"I think it's unlikely that we will meet again?" Sammy said, holding Lin's hand, this answer was a little ominous.

"Perhaps you will become the new chief of staff of your country's air force after reconstruction."

"Let others do these things." He glanced at the immature pilot in the cockpit of JJ[-], "I'd rather do the rebuilding work, which also needs your help, but it's too early to say , after all, we are far from turning defeat into victory."

"Believe me, the situation will change soon." Lin Huaisheng said mysteriously. He knew the intention of his superiors to let him go back, and he also knew that a counterattack was imperative. Of course, he couldn't say these things directly.Only he and Zhou Yaohua in southern Pakistan knew most of the plans.

"If you start from the east, you will definitely have a chance. India is a giant. We must attack her from both sides, otherwise it will not be easy to work."

"I will pass on this proposal to your superiors."

"No matter what, we have to be fast, we can't hold on for too long." The colonel said sadly.

After the colonel said these words, he turned around and climbed up the ladder resentfully. He knew that his words could not have any effect, but he was not reconciled if he did not say them. , as a pilot, he deeply felt his own powerlessness.

"Be careful, there may be Stinger missiles on the nearby mountains." Lin Huaisheng said behind him. In order to guard against snipers, they did not salute each other.Of course, if there were really snipers nearby, they might be confused now, because the people sitting in the rear cockpit of the plane were obviously younger and shouldn't be some big shots.

"Knocked down by the stinger? That's too ironic." The old man sneered and got into the small cockpit, then put on his helmet.The airport ground staff here is understaffed, and the preparations are all on his own.

The JJ-[-] fighter jet started slowly with auxiliary power, and then slowly moved to the end of the runway to prepare for takeoff. Since the navigation equipment was damaged, he could only wait for the command of the flag bearer in front. Such a signal can be used to grasp the timing, and the aiming opportunity is best when the aircraft turns on afterburner and rolls.

Sammy fiddled with the gauges and switches in the cabin, some of which he could barely remember.Fifty meters ahead, someone waved the red flag vigorously, indicating that he could take off.Now that the engine speed had picked up, he released the brakes and began to coast.He reminded the young pilots behind to pay more attention to the light situation in the rear, so as not to be attacked by the enemy.The low-speed performance of this kind of aircraft is average, and the vision is not very good. The take-off stage is a very fragile moment.

He did not pull up at a large angle early as usual, but waited for the speed to accumulate before slowly raising his head.When the plane pulled up to 200 meters; he thought, if you want to do it, it's about this time, don't blame me for not giving you a chance.

"There is a situation on the left." The pilot in the back seat shouted.

Sammy was sunk in the lower front seat, unable to see anything but a roll to observe.

I saw a missile dragging white smoke and flying towards me in a big circle. The end of the winding white smoke was on the top of an old building in the mountain, which seemed to be the place that Lin Huaisheng's troops had searched.He thought to himself, these guys are really calm.

Jiali had already pushed to the head, he could only release the flame bomb, and turned to dive.He knew very well that the stinger was harder to get rid of than Sam 7.

"There is one more on the right side." The pilot behind reminded again.His seat was higher, and his vision was slightly better. Sammy swooped down to the ground close at hand at a large angle, while turning his head to the right to search for missiles, scaring out the souls of the boys in the back seat.

"Sit down!"

The colonel yelled, dropped the belly fuel tank, and pulled up at a high angle of attack very close to the ground.The fuel tank full of fuel hit the ground, rolled a few times, and smashed a hole in a private house.

This series of methods completely violated the operating regulations to maintain the speed very well. Sammy still remembers the essentials of this kind of aircraft flying at low altitudes, maneuvering and avoiding on the horizontal plane, which is easy to stall and crash.

When Jianjiao Qi pulled up, he entered a poor observation state again. Neither of them could see what was going on behind him. The range of the rearview mirror in the cabin was really limited, so they could only observe through the rolling motion.

Fortunately, the two Stingers failed to meet the expectations of the launch team and failed to capture the aircraft, which was not high enough in height and speed.One arrived and turned too sharply and hit the ground; the other was out of sight, and it didn't know where it flew at the moment.

Lin Huaisheng was a kilometer away and witnessed the entire attack process. This was clearly an ambush. If the target of this shooting was to pick up his helicopter, it would probably have succeeded by now.He saw that the timing of the enemy's missile launch was very accurate. Although the latter missile may have missed the target due to hasty launch or insufficient cooling, two teams were arranged on both sides of the runway to fire at the same time, which shows that it was fully prepared. , the purpose is clear.Does the opponent really want his own life?This thought made his whole body tremble, and he couldn't help feeling somewhat proud.

Sammy didn't immediately turn around and head west. He did a somersault in the air, and then in the process of spinning in the air, he found the building that fired the missile accurately in the sight.

A long string of running bombs flew towards the target. After the plane pulled up and shook its wings, it turned to Shamsi Airport; this shooting was not to hit the target, but to guide Lin Huaisheng. He was afraid that the ground personnel would not see it. This location behind the mountain.

Lin Huaisheng immediately assigned Li Ping, who was nearby, to pursue the enemy through the radio.Soon there was the sound of intensive firefights in the general direction.

Twenty minutes later, Li Ping told him that several militants were killed, and the rest escaped by taking advantage of the Chinese army's outflanking loopholes. He seized several missiles and large-caliber anti-material weapons in the abandoned building, all of which were made in the United States. In addition, judging from the remaining ashes, these people burned half of a photo indicating the target. The remaining part of the photo shows that it is someone wearing a Chinese military uniform, but it is not known who the specific target is.

(End of this chapter)